I suspect that Journalists on a political beat pay more attention to
potential changes in public records law than is warranted by public
interest in the topic. This is not altogether surprising– Freedom of
Information-like acts have a direct impact on journalists’ ability to do
their jobs properly by collecting key information about the actions of
state government and bureaucracy. Because of this impact on their
livelihoods, however, stories about potential restrictions to public
records access tend to be… um… a bit overexcited. We saw this on this very
blog a few years ago with the Franklin County Brouhaha, and now we’re
seeing it again closer to my own home with some stories about a change to
retention schedules in Wisconsin.


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